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From Gerar and Freud to Christian teaching, the idea persists that repressed desires—especially the desire for God—manifest as destructive impulses. Freud’s theory of repression and repressed desires aims to materialize Christianity, yet often neglects the divine within us, the innate yearning for transcendence. Christian thought asserts that all desires are ultimately rooted in the divine, and bringing them into proper hierarchy reveals that true fulfillment is found in love with God and others, not in revenge.